Baling-press.



No. 786,714. Mmmm APR. 4, 1905. D. M. BASS. BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 2, 1903.

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No. 786,714. y PATENT@ APR. m5.

' D. M. BASS.

BALING PRESS.

AFPLIGATION FILED OUT. 2. 1903.

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DUNCAN M. BASS, @F GLENZOD., ALABAMA.

SPECIFGATION `forming part of Letters Eatent No. 786,714, dated April et, 1905.

Application filed October 2, 1903. Serial No. 175,506,

To {t/f whom, 7115 77mg/ (fo/merit:

Be it known that 1, DUNCAN M. Blass, a citizen of the United States, residing at GlenzoY dia, in the county of Jackson and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in baliiig-presses; and its object is to provide a durable, compact, and inexpensive device of this character having mechanism of novel construction whereby the material within the press can be readily compressed.

Vvlith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction andA arrangement of the several parts,which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the press. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. L is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the plunger and a portion of the bar connected thereto.

Referring te the figures by numerals of reference, 1 l are standards which are connected by longitudinally-extending beams 2, and supported by these beams is a casing 3, which forms a compressing-chamber. Doors et are hinged to the sides of this compressingchamber, and each door has a bar 5 rigidly secured thereto and extending' beyond the rear end of the casing. This projecting portion of each bar is adapted to be simultaneously engaged by the notched ends of a eentrally-pivoted lever 7, mounted upon the end of the casing. A door 8 is also hinged to the top of the easing and is adapted to close the inlet thereto, and this door has a pivoted bar 9 thereon, which is adapted to engage notched plates 10, arranged upon the sides of and eX- tending upwardly from the casing. A pulley 11 is journaled between the bars 2 at a point in front of casing 3, and the peripheryof this pulley is grooved, as shown at 12, and is adapted to receive a guide-plate 13, secured to and extending longitudinally along' the lower face of a bar 14. A downwardly-extending' ear 15 is formed at the inner end of the guide-plate 13 and is fastened 1n any su1table manner to the plunger` 16, which is slidably mounted within the casing. Braces 17 are connected at opposite en'ls to the bar 14: and the sides of the plunger, and a raelr 18 is secured upon and extends longitudinally of the bar 14 and has an ear 19 at its inner end, which is also fastened to the plunger-1G. hese ears serve to securely connect the bar 1e to the plunger, and the braces 17 prevent the swingingof the plunger in relation to the bar. A second roller 2O is journaled within the frame at a point below the har le and assists the pulley 11 in supporting said bar. A gear 21 engages the rack 18 and is mounted on a shaft 22, to which is also secured a large gear 23. This large gear meshes with a small gear 2e, seeured to a shaft 2.5, journaled in the frame of the machine. @ranks 26 are fastened to the ends of the shaft 25, and this shaft is also provided with a ratchet-wheel 27. A pawl 2S is hung within the frame of the machine and is adapted to normally engage the ratchet-wheel by gravity, and pivetally connected to this pawl is a bar 29, having notches 30 therein, either of which is adapted to engage a spring-plate 31, extending' imVardly from one of the standards of tle machine.

In operating the press the cranks 26 are turned so as to rotate the gears and retract the plunger from the casing 3. rlhe top door S is then opened and the hay or other mate-- rial to be pressed is placed within the com-- partment in the casing. Said door is then closed and the bar 29 is drawn outwardly, so as to swing the pawl 28 into engagement with the ratchet-wheel 27, and said bar is then placed in engagement with the spring-plate 3.1. The gears are then rotated by means of the cranks 26 and the rack 18 will be moved forward, carrying therewith the bar 14 and the plunger 1h. guide the bar straight forward and prevents any tendency of the same to swing laterally during such movement. After the material has been pressed within the easing the side 9 doors e are opened by swinging the end lever 7 upon its fulcrum, so as to simultaneously release the bars 5. rEhe two side doors can then be opened and the mateual removed.

Tire-netting 32 is p jierably placed upon rl`he )ulley 11 serves to the machine above the gears So :is: to prevent them vli'om becoming` clogged by nmterizil led to the meehine.l amd, if desired. tyllie neiliing' may he also placed niv the sides ol the meeheinem.

ln the foregoing' description l have Shown the preferred 'forni ol' my invention; bui'. i" do not limiiI mysellil thereto,r l :im :were that modiliezibions muy oe made therein without departing 'from Lhe spirit or sfiorilieing' :my olf the advantages thereof, and l therefore re Serve the right to make Such changesns fairly fall within the Scope of my invention.

Having' l@hns fully deeorihed ihe invention, what claimed as new is w .in zi Milling-prees, the Combination with e easing' forming n eonngreseiiig-@lmniher; of o.. plu' er slidehly mounted in seid. chamber., e

her emendinvtherefrom leternll f-exl'onding' c a .l i.

ln'zioing devices connecting the her and pinnger. Si guide-strip Secured longitudinally upon JIhe her :md to the plunger, enpnoring-rollere for the han', one of Seid. rollers being `s grooved to receive and guide zne strip, e reak Secured upon the her end plunger, e gear en gziging the mok, :i shef'it, ineens 'lor trans uit ting' motion therefrom to the a ratchet, e. ratchet-engaging device, e epringetrip eeonred to the frame, :ind a notched hm' oonneoted to the engaging' device and adapted to he edjnsmhly secured to the spring-strip.

In testimony whereol2 l have Si g'ned my name to this specilionxion in @he presenee of 'awo suhserihing witnesses,

DUNCAN M. .Bl-359. Vlfit'nesses:

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